Monday, January 10, 2011

Gifts

Our first day at home all day with Daddy back at work ~ I'm busy unpacking and settling back into home and trying to establish some order! But, a picnic lunch beckons and we respond though it was quite chilly!

We each thanked God before eating the food He provided. I brought my gratitude list - have you printed yours yet? I could've filled the entire page right then and there - my heart was so full of all the things I am able to give thanks for.

I asked God who could use a note of love and encouragement. He responded and I wrote and shivered and we ate and laughed and toasted the New Year, all the while hurrying to get back to the warmth of home!

Once again, pictures restore me. Peace-bringing, joy-filling, the fun of taking a good picture, looking at the beauty, remembering the moments.

Here are the gifts I'm appreciating and thanking Him for: (I don't know if this will turn into a thousand or not, we'll see what He chooses!)

No better way to start out the new year than with a list of things for which we are grateful. How about the Coca-Cola crate? It definately made me smile.And freckles on your oldest's nose...add that to your list!

Today, I'm specifically grateful that our heater is working again, and the repair cost nothing because it's under warranty. Also grateful that when I let our sick cat snuggle in bed with me this morning to keep him warm, he didn't pee in the bed. And his latest antibiotic appears to be working.

I love dried beef jars as glasses - they are the perfect size for kids and the flat bottom makes them stable so they don't spill. The kids and I drink out of canning jars all the time but I haven't been able to put away my last 6 glasses because my husband just thinks it is too uncivilized to drink out of jars, lol.